Mystery car pix

fintail

I'll just take the furriner, that Saab 93 must have seemed pretty alien there and then.

ateixeira

Absolutely. Look at quickly smart phones age. 3G? Old school now, you need 4G. By the time you get that they will be on 6G.

berri

You can have the oil smoker 2 cycle Saab, I'll take the 58 Pontiac, or even the 56 Dodge.

wgrafer

Hey Berri, take a closer look at the '58 Pontiac - I think it looks more like a '58 Chevy!!! (see the quad signal lights rather than the dual Pontiac ones).

BUT, what's that behind the Saab? Is it a '54-'55 Kaiser??????

jwilliams2

I think it's a Studebaker....

explorerx4

The built in screens are pretty large now.
I don't think I would like one of for 4 inch screens the portable units have.

andys120

Good eye WGrafer, it is a Chevy, the Poncho did not have that dual signal lamp cluster>



I think I'm going to have to agree w Jwilliams, that looks a little like a Kaiser but more like a Stude to me.

Doesn't that Saab 93 look cute with whitewalls? :shades:

berri

Got on my newer computer and blew the pic up and now see quad parking lamps making it a Chevy. The other car is still a hard call to me. It has a rather flat windshield like a Studebaker, but the headlight pod looks like a Kaiser?

lostwrench1

I'll eliminate the Kaiser because of the lack of the widow's peak in the top center of the windshield.
I'll go with a Studebaker police car with either a police light or siren bolted to the bumper below the headlight.

berri

Makes sense to me. I forgot all about those add on siren things in the early 50's.

andys120

ateixeira

What's funny is that some built-ins are still 6.1", while my portable is a full 7" size. :shades:

Built-ins go as big as about 10" though, I believe. Pretty awesome, and those tend to be HD quality too. Just be ready to pay a small fortune for it.

Mr_Shiftright

Now, now---a two stroke Saab Monte Carlo is a very fun car and a former rally champion.

fintail

Bizzarrini something

andys120

Yup, it's a 1966 Bizzarrini Strada featuring Corvette power and aluminum bodywork. When Giotto Bizzarrini was at Ferrari he was the main designer of the 250 GTO, perhaps Ferrari's most legendary car.

andys120

wgrafer

1967 Plymouth Barracuda. Back in the day a good friend had one - green convertible 318 V-8, 4-speed. Very fun car.....

andys120

1967 Plymouth Barracuda

Yup!

andys120

BIGGER!

jwilliams2

Looks like a Jeep, a late 40's Chevrolet Fleetmaster woody Station Wagon, and a Maverick?

qbrozen

I can tell you its a Jeep CJ5. Exact year would be impossible since the style hardly ever changed. Somewhere between '76 and '83.

andys120

The Chevy Fleetmaster is a '48 and the Maverick is a 1970. IMCDB agrees that the Jeep is a CJ5 but it looks to me more like a newer YJ (AKA Wrangler).

andys120

lemko

Looks like a low-end 1961 Pontiac Tempest wearing wheelcovers from a 1970 Catalina or Bonneville.

lostwrench1

Well, it's a Tempest but which year. If it had the Tempest badge on the front fender it would be a 61. The side windows indicate it could also be a 62. I wish we could see the grille.
I'll put my chips on 61.

Mr_Shiftright

Those cars, had a LOT of torque. That's 1/2 a Pontiac V8 in there, so a big 4 indeed.

berri

They had some kind of funky tranny and driveline IIRC. I seem to remember the greasers in school calling them something like rope drivers.

andys120

Yup, it's a '61 Pontiac Tempest with the "rope drive" set up which IIRC was a flexible drive shaft attached at one end to the motor and at the other end to a rear-mounted trans-axle, in this case a three-speed on the floor.

andys120

ateixeira

Ferrari 308 GTB, I'll guess 1979.

Next to it is a Honda Prelude of the same vintage, maybe early 80s.

I see a Bettle Cabrio in the distance, too.

andys120

Ferrari 308 GTB, I'll guess 1979.

Looks more like a 308 GTS to me.

andys120

explorerx4

From 'Against All Odds'?

andys120

Yup,

jwilliams2

Maybe a 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, early 80's.....

stever

andys120

Kvale Mangusta c. 2005

stever

Oqay!

It's an '01 btw.

Henry's 2001 Qvale Mangusta

tjc78

When that car first came out one of the car mags reviewed it. I sent a letter in saying how could they charge that much and have Ford Taurus switch gear (hvac knobs, etc) They published it with the heading "Qvale is job one"

explorerx4

I liked that movie, had a couple of nice cars in it too.

explorerx4

Posted this before, Mangusta is an anagram for A Mustang.

stever

Mangusta - sounds a bit like sellers of langosta trying to pass them off as lobsters, when they are really more of a crawdad.

andys120

kyfdx

Lotus Europa?

ateixeira

Mangusta is an anagram for A Mustang

My favorite is:

I love my CR-V EX

becomes

Love my Cervix

Imagine the toddler mom owner saying that.

Mr_Shiftright

That's a Renault powered Lotus Breadvan (aka europa) with an interesting anti-theft device---no one over 5' 7" could possibly drive one.

au1994

The Europa always struck me as one of those answers to the question nobody asked.

Mr_Shiftright

Well you could never count on Colin Chapman doing anything conventional.

au1994

True. When it worked (Elan) it worked!! When it didn't...oh well.

andys120

Yup, that;s a 1978Lotus bread...er Europa, Chapman's first mid-engine road car.